MS in Physician Assistant 

at University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport

Applicants must meet the following requirements:

• Admission requirements must be completed at the time of application. Applicants may apply with one prerequisite course which meets requirements in progress if it will be completed prior to matriculation.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• Overall cumulative GPA or 3.0 or higher
• Overall science GPA of 3.0 or higher
• Required coursework: taken within the last ten years, with a “C” or better, from an accredited school. English, statistics, and psychology must be within the last 15 years. Quarter credits will be converted to semester credits by CASPA, using their conversion ratio (1.0 quarter hour = 0.667 semester hours)
  • Anatomy and Physiology with labs: 8 credits. Must include labs. Must be human or mammalian. Acceptable courses include 4 credits of physiology with lab plus 4 credits of anatomy with lab, OR 8 credits of “Anatomy and Physiology” with labs
  • Biology with lab: 4 credits. Must include lab. (see additional microbiology requirement below)
  • Chemistry with labs: 8 credits. Must include labs. General/inorganic chemistry. One semester may be replaced by an upper level chemistry with lab. (see additional organic or biochemistry requirement below)
  • Microbiology: 3 credits. Lab not required. (this is in addition to the other biology requirement)
• Organic chemistry or biochemistry: 3 credits. Lab not required. (this is in addition to the other chemistry requirement)
• English: 3 credits. must be offered by English or writing departments
• Psychology: 3 credits
• Statistics: 3 credits